Bottle-stopper



@Nn Model.) J M. N. ELLARD.

BOTTLE STOPPER.. No. 566,152.

Patented Aug. 18, 1896.

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MICHAEL N EIVELL ELLARD, OF CONCORD, NEI/V HAMPSHIRE.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,152, dated August18, 1896. Application filed February 4 1896. Serial No. 578,009. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL NnwnLL EL- LARI), a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, and a resident of Concord, county of Merrimac, and Stateof New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottles and Bottle-Stoppers, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts.

This invention relates to improvements in bottles and bottle-Stoppers,the object of the invention being to provide means whereby a bottle maybe effectually sealed and corked in such a manner as to require apurchaser tion.

or user to destroy a portion of the bottle before removing the stopperand the contents thereof.

The device will be simple in construction, inexpensive, and operative,and by its use certain frauds now practiced by unscrupulous persons uponbottlers of proprietary liqnid products by the refilling and reuse oftheir marked bottles may be prevented.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described, and specically setforth in the an? nexed claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, Figure 1is a vertical elevation ofl my improved bottle -stoppen Fig. 2 is avertical sectional elevation on a line a: of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is avertical sectional elevation. of a bottle having my improved stopperattached thereto.

' In the practice of my invention I provide a vertical rod A, having abutton a upon its lower end and a head a' upon its upper por- Above thishead is formed another button. a2. To the button CL2 is secured a cap B,of rubber or other eXible material, and to the button a is secured acork or stopper C. This said stopper will be of a diam eter slightlylarger than the interior diameter of the neck of the bottle, wherebywhen it is forced into engagement with said neck the contents of thebottle will be effectually sealed and said contents will not bepermitted to come in contact with the metallic portions of the stopper.

As a means for retaining the stopper within the bottle said stopper hasdepending from its head a ltwo spring-metal arms D, which arms haveformed integrally therewith upon their lower ends outwardly-projectin glugs d, which lugs are adapted to engage with an annular groove e,formed in the neck of the bottle E. These said springs are secured tothe head a' by means of a rivet a3.

In the operation of the device the bottle is first filled to a desiredheight. The stopper is then forced down into the neck thereof until thelugs d of the springs D are in engagement with the annular groove e, thecork C being tightly pressed within the neck of the bottle below thesaid groove and the cap B being in close engagement with the mouth ofthe bottle, whereby the bottle is effectually corked and the stopperthereof cannot be removed until the neck of the bottle is broken, andowing to the thinness of the neck at the point e the fracture willalways occur upon an approximately straight line at said point. Afterbreaking the bottle in the manner described the stopper as a whole canbe readily removed, and it can be used again for an indefinite number oftimes.

I do not confine myself to the specific details of mechanicalconstruction as described. above and illustrated in the drawings, as itwill be obvious that under the scope of my invention I am entitled tomake slight changes in structure.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of a bottle having an annular groove in its neck;with a bottle-stopper comprising a vertical rod having a flexible cap atits Lipper end and a flexible cork at its lower end and spring-metalarms secured to its upper portion, said arms having lugs upon theirouter ends adapted to engage with the said annular groove of the bottle;substantially as shown and described.

2. A bottle-stopper comprising a vertical rod having a cap upon itsupper portion and buttons upon its upper and lower ends, said buttonshaving respectively a flexible cap and a flexible stopper securedthereto and said head having spring-metal arms depending therefrom,which arms have lugs thereon adapted to engage with an annular groove inICO ro to engage with a bottle having an annuler groove in its neck;substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two Witnesses, this 1st day of Janu- 15 ery, 1896.

MICHAEL NEWELL ELLARD. Iitn esses HENRY W. STEVENS, O. P. SCHOONMAKER.

